ATi All-In-Wonder Radeon 8500 DV April 17th, 2003 | by Ian Bell
Performance
For those of you who plan on gaming with the 8500DV, there is no disappointment. Even though the 8500DV runs at a slower core and memory frequency it is still a fantastic card to use. We are not a gaming website so I am going to limit our 3D-related tests to 3DMark 2001. Our test system was setup as follows: General Settings
Desktop Resolution: 1024x768
Color Depth: 16-bit
V-Sync: Disabled
Processor: 1.47GHz Athlon XP 1700+
Memory: 512 MB PC2100 DDR-SDRAM
Motherboard: Abit KR7A RAID (with the RAID disabled)
Motherboard chipset: VIA KT266A VT8366 North Bridge chipset w/ VT8233 South Bridge
Hard-Drive: IBM 30GB 7200RPM DMA/100
IDE Interface: Ultra ATA/100
CD/DVD: Toshiba 10X DVD-ROM
Power Supply: Antec 300 Watt
Operating System: Windows XP Pro
Video Cards:
ATI ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 8500DV
ATI drivers: 6.13.10.6015 
by Matt on November 8, 2009:
“I don't know what people are talking about, I love this card. Had it since I bought it and to this day almost 3 yrs later still works PERFECTLY FINE! I have nothing bad to say about this card except when splitting the signal on a DVI adn VGA the resolution...” More...